Police sources said the eight were wanted in several criminal cases, including murder, extortion and kidnapping in Bihar. Besides, they illegally occupied hundreds of acres of land in Dhamra Diara areas.
The test of the indigenously built Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile was carried out from a mobile launcher at about 1006 hrs from launch pad-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheelers Island near Dhamra, about 80 km from Balasore in Orissa, defence sources said.
Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of those killed in the train mishap in Bihar's Khagaria district and ordered an inquiry into it.
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Mistry's strategy appears to be the opposite of the group's stance in the heady days of 2007
All 40 trawlers which went missing in the Bay of Bengal following a storm were traced on Monday, but two of them capsized leaving seven fishermen missing, officials said.
Ahmedabad-based Adani Group is said to be the frontrunner to buy out both Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro's stake in Dhamra.
The sale of Essar Oil was India's biggest deleveraging exercise undertaken by any debt-heavy group
Unlike RIL, the Adani group has not yet brought in any big stakeholders to refinance debt or expand.
While previously selling of the marketing business, possibly to another state-owned firm, was being considered, the government is now mulling on hiving off the pipelines into a separate entity and selling off a majority stake in it.
Acquisition of stressed infrastructure assets has pushed its debt to over Rs 1 lakh crore, highlighting concerns about its growth strategy.
According to sources, government officials have asked industry bodies and manufacturers to submit key concerns and requirements to begin manufacturing activity.
One of the beneficiaries is Jindal Steel and Power, which had earlier been kept out of procurement for rails
The good news for the group has come from the port business.
The group plans Rs 30,000-cr oil refinery with IOC; buys Lanco's Udupi power plant for Rs 6,000 cr
CII, in a communication with the state industries department, cited it had a packed schedule for the year and the dates frozen for the Make in Odisha conclave clashed with a major national summit hosted by the industry body.
Piramal will join the JSW, Vedanta and Tata groups, which are bidding aggressively for distressed assets, especially in the infrastructure and steel sectors.
Transport minister says they are cheaper mode of transport than road and rail; so far only 5 river stretches have been declared waterways
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has slapped a Rs 5,500-crore show-cause notice on Adani group for alleged over-valuation of capital equipment imports.
Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the Adani Group, reported a profit after tax of Rs 557 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014 on the back of a 43 per cent jump in revenue.
Street believes premium valuations justified, as port traffic is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16% over FY14-16.
Gains were led by Tata Motors amid robust sales in June along with select financials.
Colombo can handle more container traffic than all of India's ports put together. For a country with a long maritime tradition, this is a pathetic state of affairs, saya T N Ninan.
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
Most of the projects face hurdles such as delay in approvals and lack of coordination between state governments and the railways.
Needs funds for Odisha plant expansion, to cut high debt.
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
Since April 1, promoters of Jaiprakash Associates have released more than 225 million Jaiprakash Power Ventures shares (valued at Rs 425 crore) pledged with lenders.
The contraction in M&A activity in India contrasts sharply with the upbeat global picture, much of it led by a reviving US economy.
Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were only 96 of them left. The census this January noted their count at 1,682.
With projects worth Rs 1,28,000-cr, the group hopes to become one of the country's biggest industrial houses.
Indian business has many legitimate grievances against the political class for not delivering an optimal business environment.
Adani Enterprises plans to invest a total of $25 billion in the next five years.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
TCS still ace in the pack
It emphasised that agricultural infrastructure needs considerable investments and hence Section 80IA benefits must be extended to all such investments like IT infrastructure, computers, VSAT, solar panels, water harvesting facilities, storage etc.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.